Information on the sculpting process.
Bringing the Saddle Bronc to Life: Scott Rogers’ Wax-and-Paint Workflow on Clay
What You’re Seeing in the Video This isn’t your everyday sculpting. It’s shop-floor problem-solving on the original clay: Wax:Scott uses a crystalline wax (Trade name: Victory Brown) for tightening edges, hardening fine details, and locking in his desired surface textures. Paint: Scott paints ...
Ain’t Gonna Be no Second Trip
What most folks don’t realize, on some level, every piece I create is a self portrait, a version of an experience I’ve had. Be it a guy being shot, bucked off a horse, lost love, standing face to face with ...
An Honest Effort…
One morning, at 6am, I was brought up short seeing a man sleeping on cold asphalt…..he was embracing a bottle of liquor. Where does the mind go with this? “Pity, shame, judgment, step quick and get away from this ...
Passing on Knowledge
Adozen years ago….my uncle, Grant Speed, shared with me how to sculpt eyes. Today, I passed that knowledge on to another artist. “Tête-à-tête”, as the French would say. “Head to Head”. Softness…is the key. And don’t sculpt the eye. Sculpt ...
The Inner Sanctum of What I do
I‘m going to let you into the inner sanctum of my approach to sculpting. COMPOSITION is EVERYTHING! A lot of it is instinctual but it has also become a rational decision making process. I’m starting a new mutual-figured piece. 1890’s ...
The Fringe Side of the Old West
In the studio. Still a month to go on this bad boy. I love the fringe side of the old west. Truly, conquistadors roamed the North American continent centuries before a cowboy ever threw a loop over a steer. “For ...
Base Ball… After the Mold
I‘m often asked by people, “Do you ever sell the clay sculpture after the mold is made?” Nope! Click here to read the piece description, see more photos and videos of this sculpture.
Native American or Mountain Man?
Cleaning off my shelves with another idea that has lingered too long. For me, it’s actually common to rough in a piece and get the jest of an idea down and look at it for years….as a clay sculpture. Don’t ...
Head in Hands
Almost every time I create a sculpture I cut the clay head off and sculpt it in my hands. It allows me to turn it and look at it from every angle. It assists me to be able to ...
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